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QPR 0 Bolton 4: Neil Warnock unfazed by rout

Neil Warnock was chipper, as if buoyed by the sense that Queens Park Rangers’ season has hit its nadir after only one game. QPR ended the inaugural Premier League in fifth place as London’s top team. But they were not quite partying like it was 1992-93 on Saturday.

“I think it just makes the challenge even more appealing. You might think it’s like extracting teeth but I think with the players that I want and the support I feel we’ll have a fighting chance,” Warnock, the QPR manager said, after a soul-sapping return to the top flight that underlined why the takeover by Tony Fernandes cannot come soon enough.

“You can get too carried away here,” Warnock added. “Like I said to the players today,…